I was sitting at the computer all prepared to start work on my 60 pages of papers that are due this semester. And then I received an email from my brother. It was about this underground temple in Italy in the Alps named Damanhur (you should really do a google image search - right now!!). Honestly, when I first read about it I was thinking - this must be an internet hoax. Its too unbelievable. But then b/c I was intrigued I did a little more searching.
Essentially, the temple began in the 1970's and remained secret until 1992 when discovered by the Italian police (if you didn't do the image search you should NOW, so that you will understand why it is so amazing that these people weren't discovered). One individual started digging out these temples with a few friends, and now there are over 1000 people living there. The Federation of Damanhur is larger though, with centers in Europe, Japan, and America (yes, here). I think they are a sort of new age/pagan group, with lots of interesting ideas, such as time travel.
Anyway, I'm doing a bad job of synthesizing this so you should read all about them on your own.
Hmm....if only I spoke Italian....
